2022-2023 Award Winners

Provost Awards for Outstanding Scholarly Productivity

Early Career

• Ahmad Najafi, PhD, PC Chou Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, College of Engineering

Mid-Career

• Jessica Barson, PhD, Associate Professor, Neurobiology & Anatomy, College of Medicine
• Girija Kaimal, EdD, Associate Professor, Creative Arts Therapies, College of Nursing and Health Professions
• Matthew Stamm, PhD, Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering

Career

• Masoud Soroush, PhD, Professor, Chemical & Biological Engineering, College of Engineering

Provost Award for Pedagogical Innovation – New

• June He, MFA, Assistant Professor, Product Design, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
• Christopher Laincz, PhD, Associate Professor, Economics, LeBow College of Business
• Amanda McMillan Lequieu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
• P. Mohana Shankar, PhD, Allen Rothwarf Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering

Provost Award for Undergraduate Teaching Impact – New

• Dana D’Angelo, MBA, Clinical Professor, General Business Studies, LeBow College of Business
• Lisa DiMaio, EdD, Teaching Professor, English & Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences
• Dimitrios Papadopolous, EdD, Teaching Professor, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
• Joshua Weiss, MFA, Teaching Professor, Art & Art History, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

Adjunct Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence

• Elizabeth Kaminsky, Adjunct Professor, Communication, College of Arts and Sciences
• Melinda Lewis, PhD, Director of Strategy and Adjunct Professor, Pennoni Honors College
• Heather Moqtaderi, Adjunct Professor, Art & Art History, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
• Alexander Stadel, Adjunct Associate Professor, Architecture, Design, & Urbanism, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

Allen Rothwarf Award for Teaching Excellence

• Shannon Jacobsen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Criminology & Justice Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
• Andrew Magenau, PhD, Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering

Barbara G. Hornum Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence

• Stacey Ake, PhD, Teaching Professor, English & Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences

Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching

• Joseph Hancock, PhD, Professor, Design & Merchandising, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
• Jed Shumsky, PhD, Professor, Neurobiology & Anatomy, College of Medicine
• Jennifer Stanford, PhD, Associate Professor, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences

Harold M. Myers Award for Distinguished Service

• Kevin Scoles, PhD, Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering

Bridge Funding Support for Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty

• Leslie McClure, PhD, Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health

Freddie Reisman Faculty Scholarly & Creative Activity Awards

• Jennifer Blazina, MFA, Professor, Art & Art History, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
• James McKinney, Assistant Professor, Music Industry & Music, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
• Karen Nulton, PhD, Teaching Professor, English & Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences
• Tom Quinn, MFA, Assistant Professor, Film & Television, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
• Chloe Silverman, PhD, Associate Professor, Politics, College of Arts and Sciences

Outstanding New Advisor Award

• Rachel Benjamin, MSW, Academic Advisor, Dornsife School of Public Health

Outstanding Professional Advisor Award

• Devon Thomas, Associate Director of Strategic Operations, Advising & Student Success, College of Arts and Sciences

Scholarly Materials & Research Equipment Awards for Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty

• Joshua Agar, PhD, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, College of Engineering & Jane Greenberg, PhD, Alice B. Kroeger Professor, Information Sciences, College of Computing & Informatics
• Aaron Kucyi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences & Evangelia Chrysikou, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
• Christopher Li, PhD, Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering & Kathleen Vanderburgh, PhD, Manager, Materials Characterization Core, Research Core Facilities

Summer Research Awards for Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty

• Daniel Coslett, PhD, Assistant Professor, Architecture, Design & Urbanism, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
• Bill Fennelly, MFA, Associate Professor, Performing Arts, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
• Allison Groves, PhD, Assistant Professor, Community Health & Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health
• Kristy Kelly, PhD, Associate Clinical Professor, Policy, Organization, & Leadership, School of Education
• Joseph Larnerd, PhD, Assistant Professor, Art & Art History, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
• Brandy-Joe Milliron, PhD, Associate Professor, Nutrition Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Professions
• Rikki Patton, PhD, Research Professor, Counseling and Family Therapy, College of Nursing and Health Professions
• Afsaneh Razi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Information Science, College of Computing & Informatics
• Karl Sohlberg, PhD, Associate Professor, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences